The Weekly Worldview: Winter clings to the summit of Mt. Greylock

About The Time-Crunched Traveler

Ellen first traveled overseas at age 15 when her father insisted upon sending her on a school trip to Germany. And that’s when it happened: high atop Switzerland’s Mt. Pilatus, she was bitten by the travel bug and has never quite recovered. Since then, she has traveled to 34 countries on five continents. She currently resides in New England and continues to hold her father responsible for all the money she has spent on travel since that first trip to Europe.

Hi, I’m Ellen!

I'm a social worker, humanitarian, and advocate passionate about helping build cross-cultural bridges through the power of human narrative. This site serves as a digital forum through which to offer glimpses into the lives of the people I meet around the globe — a portrait of who they are and why they matter. I hope by sharing their stories here, I can help others develop a deeper understanding of our world and a greater respect for the people who inhabit it.